Birchum Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Birchum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birchum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1351:2,684,881161,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Birchum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Birchum Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Birchum is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birchum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,537,949th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Birchum reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Birchum is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 2,684,881. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 40 percent live, Kentucky, where 27 percent live and North Carolina, where 8 percent live.

Birchum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Birchum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Birchum surname rose 519 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Birchum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Birchum surname are 21.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.18% being registered to vote for the political party.

Birchum earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.16% less than the national average, earning $35,315 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Berchum8612/
Wirchum860/
Birchun860/
Bearchum8042/
Berchoum802/
Berchume800/
Bercum7724/
Berhum774/
Birsum773/
Birhun771/
Bertchume7516/
Berchun71136/
Berhoum71101/
Byrchun717/
Birhaun715/
Berchom713/
Birchon713/
Birhune712/
Birhoun711/
Birkheun6713/
Berhoume674/
Bershoum673/
Berrhoum671/
Berchunc671/
Birchoon671/
Berkhoum670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Birchum
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